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Didi's Kolkata set for 'London Eye' as part of major facelift

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The government in Kolkata, once capital of British India, is to kick off plans on Tuesday to transform the congested city into a 'second London', replete with a London Eye ferris wheel.

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Tata steel plans low-cost 'prefab' homes for Rs 32,000

After it's Rs 1-lakh wonder car 'Nano', Tata Group is all set to launch a house for nearly Rs 32,000 aimed at rural market by the end of next year.

"At present, the housing project is in the pilot st

4 children buried alive as school wall crashes

Una, Himachal Pradesh: Four schoolchildren were buried alive and one was critically injured when the boundary wall of a village primary school caved in near this Himachal Pradesh town on Monday aftern

Five dead as building collapses

At least 5 labourers, including a woman, were killed when an under-construction building collapsed here Wednesday, police said. Around 15 labourers are feared trapped under the debris.

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Building collapses, several trapped

Ahmedabad: Several people were trapped when a five-storey under-construction structure collapsed on the adjacent residential building here Friday morning, fire officials said.

The under-construction

Warrant against Sahara's Subrato Roy

New Delhi: A Delhi Court today issued bailable warrant against Subrato Roy, Chairman of Sahara India Group, in a case of alleged cheating and forgery in a housing project launched by his company.

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Govt strives to defuse Protest over demolition

New Delhi: The government today stepped in to defuse the crisis over demolition of a mosque in south Delhi, assuring locals that prayers will be allowed at the spot even as protestors took out a marc

Italians invent transparent cement

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London: Italian architects have made transparent cement that lets light flood into a room.

The material, called i.light, has dozens of tiny holes in it, which lets light pass through it without compr

15,000 flats for Delhi slum-dwellers

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday initiated the process of allotting around 15,000 low-cost flats to make the city slum-free, an official said.
The allotment of flats, construc

Indian mines on US secret list

Washington, Dec. 6: Two little known chromite mines in Orissa and Karnataka, besides a factory in Gujarat that manufactures critical chemotherapy drugs are among global “key infrastructures” which cou

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